Just heard it on the radio. He read several tweets of Michigan State players making fun of Michigan during the beatdown by Alabama. He said that the Big Ten should penalize Michigan State 15 yards on the first play when the Spartans play Michigan next month for taunting. He said that if you can penalize for taunting on the field, you should penalize for taunting on twitter.

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re: Boomer Esiasson: Penalize Mich. St. 15 yds for Twitter-Taunting Michigan(Posted by Mahootney on 9/4/12 at 9:18 am to AlaTiger)

quote:Just heard it on the radio. He read several tweets of Michigan State players making fun of Michigan during the beatdown by Alabama. He said that the Big Ten should penalize Michigan State 15 yards on the first play when the Spartans play Michigan next month for taunting. He said that if you can penalize for taunting on the field, you should penalize for taunting on twitter.

re: Boomer Esiasson: Penalize Mich. St. 15 yds for Twitter-Taunting Michigan(Posted by tonyperkis on 9/4/12 at 9:57 am to Buckeye06)

Both games could have been 70-0 if Bama played the entire game. I am pretty sure if Bama just ran the ball every play on Michigan they would have scored every drive. The MSU game I was actually worried our players were going to get seriously hurt out there. So yes that being said MSU players really had no reason to gloat.

re: Boomer Esiasson: Penalize Mich. St. 15 yds for Twitter-Taunting Michigan(Posted by LOCO5150 on 9/4/12 at 10:07 am to WikiTiger)

That's crazy...especially coming from a former college and NFL QB. What a panzy.

Why is everyone insisting on taking the fun out of the game? It is a game. It is supposed to be fun. Some of the best memories I have of college football were the old Miami teams and how they had so much swag and they talked so much shite. If you didn't like it, then you get out there and fricking beat them. Until then...STFU.

re: Boomer Esiasson: Penalize Mich. St. 15 yds for Twitter-Taunting Michigan(Posted by WikiTiger on 9/4/12 at 10:18 am to LOCO5150)

quote: It is supposed to be fun. Some of the best memories I have of college football were the old Miami teams and how they had so much swag and they talked so much shite. If you didn't like it, then you get out there and fricking beat them. Until then...STFU.

Talking shite is one of the best parts of sporting, both as a player and as a fan.

re: Boomer Esiasson: Penalize Mich. St. 15 yds for Twitter-Taunting Michigan(Posted by HumbleNinja on 9/4/12 at 10:23 am to WikiTiger)

As a Michigan fan I thought the tweets were pretty classless. Yes we got our arse handed to us on national primetime and State has beaten us four straight years, but you should still let do the talking on the field. Not a fan of trash talking a team on twitter but apparently State players don't really care.

FWIW this should not even be considered a penalty or whatever, just put it up on the bulletin board for even more motivation.

re: Boomer Esiasson: Penalize Mich. St. 15 yds for Twitter-Taunting Michigan(Posted by AlaTiger on 9/4/12 at 10:27 am to HumbleNinja)

quote:As a Michigan fan I thought the tweets were pretty classless. Yes we got our arse handed to us on national primetime and State has beaten us four straight years, but you should still let do the talking on the field. Not a fan of trash talking a team on twitter but apparently State players don't really care.

FWIW this should not even be considered a penalty or whatever, just put it up on the bulletin board for even more motivation.

Well, exactly. I have no problem with Mich. St's coach making them run stadium steps or Michigan making a big deal of it as bulletin board material. That is what rivalries are all about. But, to actually make it a penalty that carries over into the game? Where does it stop?

Can a coach be penalized for what he says in a press conference? Can a player be penalized for talking trash in an interview?